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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 70E CHAPTER 24 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, BY
REPEALING THE "OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT" PROVISIONS OF
SUBSECTIONS (a), (b) AND (c) THEREOF [ THE C-1 COMMERCIAL
C-C COMMERCIAL CORE, AND C-2 COMMERCIAL SUBSECTIONS ]
AND ADDING TO EACH OF SAID SUBSECTIONS (a), (b) AND {c)
THEREOF NEW, BETTER-DEFINED "OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT"
PROVISIONS.
WHEREAS, the Aspen Planning and Zoning Commission,
following public hearing, has recommended that the language
of the open space requirements in the C-l, C-C and C-2 zoned
districts of the City of Aspen be modified so as to increase
the effectiveness of such requirements in accomplishing their
intended purpose; and
WHEREAS, the Aspen City Council has reviewed and is in
agreement with such recommendations, and recognizes the need
for lessening traffic congestion in high-density areas of the
City and for providing adequate light, air and space in such
areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1.
Purpose: The purpose of this Ordinance is to promote
the health, safety, morals, convenience, order, prosperity and
general welfare of the present and future inhabitants of Aspen,
Colorado, by: the lessening of congestion in the streets and
roads; securing safety from fire and other dangers; providing
adequate light, air and space, classification of land uses and
the distribution of land development and utilization; protection
of the tax base; securing economy in governmental expenditures;
and the protection of urban and non-urban development.
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Section 2.
Authority: This Ordinance amendment is authorized by
Article 60, Chapter 139 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963,
as amended, and is hereby declared to be
provisions of these statutes.
(a),
in accordance with all
Section 3.
The "open space requirement" provisions of subsections
(b) and (c) of Section ? of Chapter 24 of the Municipal
Code of the City of Aspen, Colorado, are hereby repealed in their
entirety, and are hereby replaced and superceded with new "open
space requirement" provisions which shall read as follows:
"Open S.pace requirement - All construction shall be
required to have not less than twenty-five per cent (25%)
of the building site for open space [as defined in Section
24-2(00)], subject to the following:
1. The minimum frontage of the open space which is open
to a street shall be one-half (1/2) of the dimension of
that side of the building site, or one hundred (100)
feet, whichever is less.
2. The minimum depth of the open space which is open
to a street shall be ten (10) feet measured at right
angles from the front lot line.
3. Required open space shall not be more than four (4)
feet above nor more than ten (10) feet below the existing
grade of the street which abuts said open space.
4. The open space shall be continuous and not obstructed
with building appurtenances and appendages. Stairways and
overhead walkways will be considered obstructions.
5. Prior to the issuance of a building permit the City
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Building Inspector shall require site plans and drawings
of any required open space, including a landscaping plan,
in order to ensure compliance with this section."
Section 4.
If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance
which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section S.
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on
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, ~ , 1973, at z/f,,~o P.M. in the City Council
Chambers, City Hall Building, Aspen, Colorado.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law
by the City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado on the /zj
day of ~,.__ , 1973.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
EINALLY ADOPTED,
, 1973.
PASSED AND APPROVED This ~day of
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Mayor
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STATE OF COLORADO)
) ss CERTIFICATE
COUNTY OF PITKIN )
I, Lorraine Graves, City Clerk of Aspen, Colorado,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing ordinance was
introduced, read by title, and passed on first reading at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aspen on
May 14 , 1973__, and published in the AspenToday ,
a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in the
City of Aspen, Colorado, in its issue of M=y 76 , 197_2~,
and was finally adopted and approved at a regular meeting of
the City coUncil on ... May 29
published as Ordinance No. 16
said City, as provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
seal of said City of Aspen, Colorado,
day of May , 197 3.
, 197~, and ordered
, Series of 1973 , of
set my hand and the
this 29th
--~l~orraine Graves, City Clerk